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Heard Around Campus聽

In 麻豆影院 you're more likely to hear the whoosh of a cyclist than聽the shrill of a siren...鈥�

鈥斅�National Geographic, which in October named 麻豆影院 鈥淗appiest City in the U.S.鈥�

A Legend Among Us

Dance Magazine this fall named Lorenzo 鈥淩ennie鈥� Harris, an artist-in-residence at CU 麻豆影院, a 鈥淟iving Legend,鈥� placing him in the company of Fred Astaire, Pina Bausch and Misty Copeland, all past honorees.

A hip-hop choreographer from Philadelphia, Harris has received high praise before: In 2015, The New York Times called him 鈥渢he most profound choreographer of that idiom.鈥�

Harris is the founder of Rennie Harris Puremovement, a dance company that preserves and disseminates hiphop culture. He has taught at CU 麻豆影院 since 2009.

Dance Magazine annually recognizes artists who have 鈥渓eft a lasting impact on dance.鈥�

Twins Aid Marijuana Research聽

As more states consider legalizing recreational marijuana use, scientists are trying to understand how it plays out in people鈥檚 lives.

With a $5.5 million award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a research team from CU 麻豆影院 and the University of Minnesota will assess whether legalization promotes use, for example, and try to identify the consequences of use for work, family and mental health. There鈥檚 little existing scientific evidence.

The team will study 1,250 sets of previously researched twins in Colorado, where sales of recreational marijuana have been permitted since 2014, and 1,250 sets of twins in Minnesota, where it remains illegal. Using the Minnesota twins as a control group, the scientists will look for behavioral changes in the Colorado twins since 2014.

鈥淭here is clear need for solid scientific evidence,鈥� said study co-leader John Hewitt, director of CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Institute for Behavioral Genetics.

The study could result in more concrete guidelines. Colorado and Washington were the first states to legalize recreational marijuana use, in 2012.

For more details, visit CU 麻豆影院 Today online.